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In the article they talk about more women in tech in India than in US. India is a highly sexist society having a male child is preferred over having a female ch
by mlboss 7y ago
In the article they talk about more women in tech in India than in US. India is a highly sexist society having a male child is preferred over having a female child. Still more females are in CS than in a more egalitarian society like US. I think it is because there are less economic choices in India.
So if you are going to college in India you will choose a subject that makes more economic sense. Even if that means studying a subject that you don't like that much. When there is freedom to choose profession without economic constraints people will choose subject that interests them the most.
Edit: I might be downvoted for last sentence.
- mberning 7y agoIt is a curious phenomenon. https://womenintheworld.com/2018/02/27/study-finds-women-in-countries-with-better-gender-equality-are-less-likely-to-pursue-stem-careers/ https://womenintheworld.com/2018/02/27/study-finds-women-in-...
- perl4ever 7y agoPeople often make reference to a time when programmers were predominantly women, say roughly the 50s-70s but I don't get the impression most younger people personally know someone whose career was largely during that era. I do/did, and the reason she ended up as a programmer was because she wasn't considered for an engineering program (because they already had a woman studying engineering) and had to take a math scholarship instead. If we want to continue to live in a world where women can become engineers, and managers, and CEOs, then some of the talented people who were forced to become programmers in earlier days are going to be diverted.